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Danish Berlingske Sees Nothing Good In Trump’s New Presidency

 

Nordic Press Comments On Trump's Inauguration With Restraint

Scholz comments on Musk's outstretched arm

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, that he does not support freedom of expression if it is used for extreme, high-minded positions.

He said this when asked about billionaire Elon Musk's outstretched arm, which was reminiscent of the Nazi salute.

January 6th protester: “I’m going out and buying some guns!”

The man who made headlines on January 6th, 2021, when he stormed Congress wearing a fur hat with horns and face paint was pardoned by Donald Trump yesterday.

Jake Angeli-Chansley quickly became one of the most prominent protesters after the storming.

Now he has written a post on X, where he personally thanks the president:

I just got the news from my lawyer ... I’ve been pardoned, baby! Thank you President Trump!!! Now I’m going out and buying some motherfucking guns!!!”

the post reads.

He also writes that justice has come and that everything that has been done in the dark will come to light.

Trump's supporter in a hat with horns with an American flag in hands
Along with hundreds of other protesters, Jake Angeli stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Mike Theiler/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

Democratic profiles rage: “They should not have been pardoned”

President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon 1,500 people connected to the storming of Congress is facing criticism from Democrats.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer both criticize Trump’s decision.

The president’s actions are an outrageous violation of our justice system and the heroes who suffered physical scars and emotional trauma while protecting the Capitol, Congress and the Constitution,” Pelosi said in a statement.

She was present in Congress when Trump supporters stormed the building.

Chuck Schumer says the people should not have been pardoned because they committed “serious crimes.”

Donald Trump is paving the way for a golden age of people breaking the law and trying to overthrow the government,”

he says.

Trump said several times yesterday that he will bring the United States into a golden age.

Rioters in the office of Pelosi
During the storming of Congress, rioters also broke into Nancy Pelosi's office. Saul Loeb/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix

After a significant US change of course: "We hope the US will reconsider"

Both the EU and the World Health Organization (WHO) are upset by the first statements from President Donald Trump.

As mentioned, he has announced that the US is withdrawing from both the Paris Agreement and the WHO.

"We hope that the US will reconsider, and we really hope that there will be a constructive dialogue for the benefit of everyone, for Americans, but also for people all over the world,"

says WHO spokesman Tarik Jašarević at a press briefing according to Reuters.

The EU's climate commissioner, Wopke Hoekstra, writes on X that it is "extremely unfortunate" that Trump has withdrawn the US from the climate agreement, where almost 200 countries agreed to work together to limit global warming.

"It is an extremely unfortunate development that the world's largest economy and one of our closest allies in the fight against climate change is withdrawing from the Paris Agreement," it says.

Thomas Bernt: EU First Lady challenges Trump

Berlingske's business commentator, Thomas Bernt Henriksen, believes that EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's speech in Davos will meet Trump's geopolitical pressure with "a clear rejection".

"Ursula von der Leyen warned of a race to the bottom if the world starts using tools such as sanctions, export controls and tariffs. This is an obvious criticism of the American course,"

says Bernt.

He believes that the most interesting thing about the speech was that the Commission President launched her vision and plan for creating progress in the EU.

"Leyen spent a lot of time in her speech to unfold the vision of creating a strong financial market in Europe," he says, adding:

"That you want to create a European financial market that can keep capital in Europe. It sends a signal to the US that the EU has its own economic options.”

Perhaps the most significant comment on Trump’s policy, Berlingske’s business commentator believes, was Ursula von der Leyen’s remark that the EU will defend its interests.

But there was even more edge and sharpness when von der Leyen stated in relation to the EU’s role in the world that when it comes to the EU, what you see is what you get, and that there were no hidden intentions in the EU; a clear message that the EU will build its global economic role based on common rules and shared gains,” says Bernt:

Trump cannot count on the EU and Europe rolling around and saying meow after von der Leyen’s speech in Davos on Tuesday.”

Von der Leyen during the speech
Michael Buholzer/EPA/Ritzau Scanpix

Von der Leyen warns of tough global competition: "We have entered a new era"

Europe and the rest of the world have entered a new era. Here, the fight for resources, trade and global value chains will intensify.

This is according to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.

In a speech at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, she stated that the use of sanctions, export controls and tariffs will probably increase in the coming time.

"We have entered a new era of tough geostrategic competition," says von der Leyen - without directly mentioning the newly inaugurated US President, Donald Trump, in connection with the announcement.

In Brussels and in the individual EU countries, there has been deep concern about Trump's statements during the election campaign about imposing additional tariffs on European goods.

Since taking office as president, however, Trump has neither set a date nor the size of the tariffs on European customs duties. Instead, he has emphasized that Europe should buy more energy from the US.

This could allow the US and Europe to avoid extensive tariffs on EU countries buying more oil and LNG gas from the US to offset the US trade deficit with the EU.

In a time of tougher global competition, we must cooperate. Europe will seek cooperation with our close allies, but also with other countries.”

If there are common interests, if you want to increase the green transition and strengthen your digitalization, then Europe is ready to do business,” says von der Leyen.

Orbán is wild after Trump's inauguration: "The big offensive can begin"

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who was among the right-wing politicians who were unusually invited to Donald Trump's inauguration, is wild about the transfer of power.

In a post on X, he shares his excitement with both text and video.

"In a few hours, even the sun will shine differently in Brussels. A new president in the United States, a large patriotic faction in Brussels (...) the big offensive can begin," he says, among other things.

Orbán speaks of "a second phase" of an offensive aimed at "occupying Brussels," and he seems to suggest that Donald Trump at the helm of the White House could kickstart a new right-wing wave in Europe.

"Now it's our turn to shine!" he adds.

Party leaders to the press after meeting: "No one has control over Donald Trump"

The day after Donald Trump's inauguration as the new US president, several party leaders were briefed at the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday.

Donald Trump did not mention Greenland in his inauguration speech, but later in the day he said, among other things: "I'm sure that Denmark will comply," when the question was asked about Greenland at a press conference in the White House.

Outside the ministry, the press, including Berlingske, meet several politicians who cannot reveal the content of the briefing.

"We would like to have an agreement made that ensures that Greenlanders experience more equal cooperation, so that they can also say and signal to the Americans to a greater extent that they are interested in remaining in the Commonwealth," said Liberal Alliance chairman Alex Vanopslagh.

The leader of the Radical Left, Martin Lidegaard, told the press:

"No one has control over Donald Trump. My impression is that the government is doing exactly what a government should do in this situation."

The leader of the Conservative Party, Mona Juul, explained that she is taking the situation very seriously.

"I also experience that the government and all other parties do that. You can just say that this is a serious situation for Denmark and the Commonwealth," said Mona Juul.

Source: Berlingske.dk

22.01.2025